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  • Annual Dark Fantasy

    What a fun adventure for them. "Castle Measles" made me laugh. Sounds like a very dangerous place!

    Ricko
  • Tell me all about your DnD campaigns!

    @KertDawg I haven’t really given it thought. I’ve never played with people where I wasn’t already friends with at least most of them in real life. Maybe! I will see how much time this Pathfinder game takes first.

    Loopysue
  • Tell me all about your DnD campaigns!

    I have played D&D off and on since around 1980, but the last longer campaign I was in ended around 2009 or so. Some time around 2016, I decided to start building my campaign world in preparation for getting a new group together. I spent some time researching mapping software before settling on Campaign Cartographer. In the years between buying the software and finally learning how to use it, I was writing up a lot of the lore for my campaign world, first in MS Word before finding a few Wiki plugin for my WordPress website. Lots done in the Religion section, along with some in History and Geoscience.

    Still haven't actually DM'd in this world yet. Another group of friends who I had never played with invited me to join a campaign they were launching. We had a few sessions before COVID hit, and then tried one remote session on Discord that was a complete disaster, and everything fell apart. So I got back into my own worldbuilding (which can be a fun activity in its own right), and then started getting into map-making. I admit that Campaign Cartographer has taken over my hobby time and I've neglected the world-building.

    Meanwhile, the old group that I played with in the early 2000s is getting back together. One friend who was part of that group, and whom I've played with off and on since 1989, moved back from New York and decided to DM a Pathfinder campaign for us. So my world is still off on its own as I dive into his world...but my Wiki still exists. And so I present to you: the World of Adnati.

    Loopysue
  • Accidentally Deleted Sheet Effects Preset

    Others here are savvier than I am, but what about reinstalling the main software?

    Don Anderson Jr.
  • Atlas Submission: Doriant - Gold Coast - Tyr Alomere

    Third floor.

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    Description

    The third story of the Villa Citri and its estate.

    Outside

    1. Muri Magni Parapet

    The open-to-the-sky crenellated rooftop walkway of the Great Walls can be accessed through arched doorways from the corner and gatehouse towers. Metal doors protect the towers from intruders. Stairs ascend to the rooftops of the corner and gatehouse towers.

    2. Portae Turres

    The upper stories of the gatehouse towers have spiral staircases descending to the second floor, and arched doorways providing access to the parapet. It also provides access to the Porta Rampart, a parapet over the gates. 

    3. Porta Rampart

    A parapet over the gates from which guards can address visitors to the villa. 

    4. Turrim Cubiculi

    The chamber at the top of the corner towers. Each has a staircase that descends to the second floor and arched doorways that provide access to the Great Wall’s parapets. 

    5. Gradus Superiores

    Staircases that ascend from the crenellated parapets to the rooftops of corner and gatehouse towers.

    Balneae

    6. Scalae Graecae

    Walled staircase that descends to the second floor.

    7. Horreum Cenaculum

    An attic used primarily for storage.

    8. Camini

    The chimney venting smoke from the hypocaust’s furnace.

    Villa

    9. Viridi Residentiae

    The “Green Apartments,” so named for the color of the tiled floor, is one of the two luxury suites. In prior generations, the Lord and Lady of the villa sometimes maintained separate residences. This suite is currently used by the Earl of Westford when he visits his mother. 

    10. Viridis Vestibulum

    An outer reception area for the Green Apartments.

    11. Viridis Zotheca

    A private lounge and dining area for the Green Apartments.

    12. Viridis Bibliotheca

    An office and small library.

    13. Magnus Cubiculum

    The main bedroom for the Green Apartments.

    14. Caeruleum Residentiae

    The “Blue Apartments” are named for the blue tiles on the floor. Unlike the Viridi Residentiae, the floors here are heated. The Dowager Countess of Westford occupies this suite as her own residence.

    15. Caliduct

    Hot air from the hypocausts vents from here to heat the floors of the apartment,

    16. Caeruleum Vestibulum

    An outer reception room for the Blue Apartments.

    17. Caeruleum Zotheca

    A private lounge and dining area for the Blue Apartments.

    18. Caeruleum Bibliotheca

    An office and small library.

    19. Magnus Cubiculum

    The main bedroom for the Blue Apartments.

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  • Atlas Submission: Doriant - Gold Coast - Tyr Alomere

    Here's the second floor.

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    Description

    The second story of the Villa Citri and its estate.

    Outside

    1. Muri Magni

    On this level, the great outer walls of the estate have a ten-foot-wide central corridor that allows for defenders to be protected while shooting arrows through arrow slits. 

    2. Portae Turres

    The second story of the gatehouse towers includes a spiral staircase that extended from the first floor all the way through to the third floor. Arrow slits allow for defending the main entrance to the villa’s estate. 

    3. Turres Anguli

    The corner towers can be accessed from the ground floor via external staircases. Each has a spiral staircase leading to the third floor.

    4. Scalae

    These external staircases, unwalled on one side, provide access from the outside grounds to the second stories of the corner towers.

    Villa

    5. Portico Roof

    Windows from the second story provide a view of the roof of the covered portico, or front porch.

    6. Scalae Graecae

    Staircase enclosed by walls on both sides.

    7. Scala Spiralis

    Spiral staircases that provide access to the third story.

    8. Cenaculum

    The private upstairs dining room on an upper floor of Roman houses.

    9. Heating Caliduct

    Hot air from the hypocaust is piped through here to heat the second story floors.

    10. Puteus & Puteal

    A chamber (puteal) that houses a wellhead inside the villa. Water is piped in to the well from the river.

    11. Lavatrina

    On this floor, the lavatories do not have a direct connection to the sewers. Instead, each has a cabinet over a chamber pot that is periodically emptied and clean by the villa’s servants. 

    12. Cubiculum

    The guest bedrooms on this floor are a bit nicer than the ones below.

    Balneae

    13. Colonnade Roof

    As the colonnade is only one story high, the views here provide a glimpse of its roof.

    14. Scalae Graecae

    Walled stairs connects this floor to both the first and third floors of the bathhouse.

    15. Hypocaust Chimney

    Brings the smoke from the hypocaust’s furnace to be vented to the outside.

    16. Armorium

    A closet.

    17. Bibliotheca

    The villa’s main library has a vast collection of books and scrolls, as well as several seating areas, including a lounge overlooking the tepidarium.

    18. Palaestra

    This exercise area includes a promenade overlooking the tepidarium.

    19. Gymnasium

    This room includes exercise equipment for use here or in the palaestra. 

    Loopysue
  • Atlas Submission: Doriant - Gold Coast - Tyr Alomere

    Here's the first floor:

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    Description

    The ground level of the Villa Citri and its estate.

    Outside

    1. Muri Magni

    At the ground level, the great walls that surround the estate are solid stonework, as are this section of the corner towers.

    2. Portae Turres Controls

    Each of the gatehouse towers has a chamber access by a short flight of stairs that house the controls for the gate and the portcullises. Both sets of controls can operate the gates independently of the other. Solid metal doors guard the entrance to these chambers, and metal gates at the top of the stairs also provide further protection. A spiral staircase in each ascends to an upper story of the gatehouse.

    Villa

    3. Portico

    This covered porch of red marble has four column pillars supporting the roof, as well as a railing of black marble.

    4. Vestibulum

    The entryway leads to the atrium, where guests may be greeted by their host.

    5. Atrium

    Guests are received by their host in this central area. Though the walkways are covered by the floors of the second story, sunlight from an opening in the roof (called the Compluvium) over the central pool keeps the room well-lit during the day. 

    6. Impluvium

    The pool in the center of the atrium, called the impluvium, is positioned beneath an opening in the ceiling, called the compluvium. Rainwater collects in the pool and is then piped to a cistern used in the kitchen.

    7. Triclinium

    The villa’s main dining room has couches arranged in a U-shape, with a short table for food in the center of them. 

    8. Tablinum

    The open office is used by the proprietors of the villa to conduct business with guests while keeping an eye on both courtyards. An enclosed chamber (8A) allows for more private work.

    9. Culina

    The villa’s kitchen includes a well with water piped in from the impluvium, though this villa supplements it with additional water piped in from the river. The wood-burning stove vents directly to the outside. 

    10. Cellarium

    The pantry for the kitchen can only be accessed from the kitchen. 

    11. Lavatrina

    The lavatories on this level all have shafts where waste is deposited directly into the sewers.

    12. Horreum

    These rooms are used for storage.

    13. Cubiculum

    On this level, there are six cubiculae, or bedrooms, surrounding the peristylium courtyard. On this level, the bedrooms are mostly used by guests.

    14. Scalae Graecae

    A staircase enclosed by walls provides access to the second story. An archway also provides access to stairs that lead to the basement.

    15. Andron & Gynaeceum

    In ancient times, the Andron (#15a) was used exclusively by the men of the household for libations and conversation, while the Gynaeceum was used by the household’s women. Both are now used as front parlors for socializing. 

    16. Alae

    These two chambers flanking the courtyard are used to honor the family’s ancestors. 

    17. Peristylium

    This courtyard, which is also open to the sky, has a central fountain, with column pillars surrounding the courtyard. 

    18. Piscina

    The central fountain beneath an opening in the roof collects rainwater, but water from the river is also piped in to keep the fountain operational in dry months.

    19. Exhedra

    This semicircular seating area is used for socializing. A brazier enchanted with a Continual Flame spell allows for heatless, smokeless flames to provide lighting in the evenings. A second enchantment allows for heat to radiate from it when desired on colder evenings. 

    20. Lararium

    The chambers flaking the exhedra are shrines for the household’s favored gods. The braziers here, like that in the exhedra, are enchanted with a Continual Flame spell.

    21. Posticum

    The rear exit is used by the villa’s servants, as well as by the villa’s residents and guests when they wish to avoid the front entrance.

    22. Heating Caliduct

    This pipe brings hot air from the hypocaust in the basement to warm the villa’s upper stories. 

    23. Puteus & Puteal

    A chamber (puteal) that houses a wellhead inside the villa. Water is piped in to the well from the river.

    24. Colonnade

    A covered walkway surrounded by columns instead of walls connect the villa to the balneae, the bathhouse.

    Balneae

    25. Scalae Graecae

    Walled stairs ascend to the bathhouse’s second floor and descend to the basement.

    26. Lavatrina

    Lavatories with shafts that descend directly to the sewers.

    27. Hypocaust Chimney

    Connects to the hypocaust in the basement which is used to heat both the bathhouse and the villa, and to provide for hot water.

    28. Apodyterium

    A changing room for those using the balneae’s amenities, as well as to wash up before using the communal pools.

    29. Frigidarium

    A cold-water pool that provides for an invigorating plunge before being warmed up in the bathhouse’s warmer pools. The hypocaust does not extend below this room, so it is kept chilled even as the rest of the bathhouse is kept warm. 

    30. Caldarium

    A hot-water pool located directly above the hypocaust’s furnaces keep the water as warm as any bath.

    31. Tepidarium

    The water in this pool is piped in from both hot- and cold-water cisterns, keeping the water at a comfortable and refreshing temperature. Though this area is open to the sky, at least over part of the pool, the tiled floor is heated by the hypocaust.

    32. Sudatorium

    A steam sauna, with hot water from the hypocaust poured over heated rocks to provide for steam.

    33. Laconicum

    A dry sauna heated from the hypocaust in the basement below.

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  • Atlas Submission: Doriant - Gold Coast - Tyr Alomere

    I am ready to submit the maps for the Villa Citri in the town of Tyr Alomere. I will do each map as a separate post in this thread, starting with the main outdoor map.

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    Description

    In the village of Tyr Alomere, the Earls of Westford have owned the Villa Citri for generations. The villa is known for its orchards of orange trees as well as its vineyards of wine grapes.

    It has at times served as a summer vacation home for the noble family, but at the present is the regular residence of Lady Amfiri Prelcort, Dowager Countess of Westford, widow of the seventh Earl of Westford and mother of the eighth. She lives there with a few close friends, attended by faithful servants and guards, where she receives a steady stream of family visitors and other guests.

    The villa’s grounds includes a detached bathhouse, or ballneae, as well as detached quarters for servants and for the guards, along with a barn. 

    Outside Areas

    1. Muri Magni

    The great outer wall, called the Muri Magni, is 20 feet thick (with crenellations that extend a bit beyond the edge of the wall), with the parapet rising 25 feet above the ground. 

    2. Portae Turres

    The gatehouse towers extend 15 feet above the parapet. They have ground-floor entrances on the inside of the fortified wall. The gates themselves include an outer portcullis, a metal gate that is generally left open, and an inner portcullis. Each gatehouse has control mechanisms that allow for independently opening or closing the gates, and for raising or lowering the portcullises. 

    3. Turres Anguli

    The corner towers of the fortified wall extend ten feet above the great wall’s parapets. They can be accessed through external stairs that climb fifteen feet to the second story.

    4. Stabulae

    The stables are sufficiently large to house the Dowager Countess’ horses as well as those of any visitors.

    5. Custodum Domus

    The residence of the estate’s guards. 

    6. Sevorum Domus

    The residence of the estate’s servants.

    7. Portico

    The villa’s covered porch, supporting by four columns, two on either side of the stairs.

    8. Villa Citri

    The villa is three stories above ground.

    9. Colonnade

    The covered walkway connecting the villa to the balneae is lined with column pillars but has no walls. 

    10. Balneae

    The villa’s bathhouse is used by residents and guests as well as by the villa’s staff (at separate times) for personal hygiene, exercise, and recreation.

    11. Pomaria

    The orchard has an abundance of orange trees. 

    12. Vinetum

    The vineyard where the estate grows grapes that are then fermented into wine. 

    Loopysue
  • Atlas Submission: Doriant - Gold Coast - Tyr Alomere

    I realized in the middle of the night that I forgot something -- the cutout in the parchment that allowed the courtyards to be shown without the parchment filter. There should be another toggle for the Floor 2 and Floor 3 files, second and third floors: the COURTYARD layer. Hiding it hides the magenta polygon, causing the courtyards to be hidden behind the gauzy parchment.

    Or if you think that will just be too confusing, here are some FCW files that delete the magenta polygons, so the courtyards are always included when the outside areas are grayed out.


    Loopysue
  • Issue with beach on Spectrum Overland

    Just to elaborate on what Ricko said: on the LAND sheet, you'll see three GLOW effects. If you click on the first one and click Edit, you'll see that it's an inside glow with a dark color. (The other two Glow effects are outer glows that add the light blue to the coastal waters.) If you click on the color in the Glow parameters, you can change the color. Ricko is recommending the tan color I circled on the screengrab.



    Ricko